About The Word Jungle
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Jungle Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Jungle?
[n] a place where hoboes camp
[n] a location marked by an intense competition and struggle for survival [n] an impenetrable equatorial forest Synonyms | Synonyms for Jungle: hobo camp Related Terms | Find terms related to Jungle: afforestation | arboretum | boondocks | bush | bushveld | can of worms | chase | Chinese puzzle | climax forest | cloud forest | complex | dendrology | forest | forest land | forest preserve | forestry | fringing forest | gallery forest | Gordian knot | greenwood | hanger | hash | hugger-mugger | index forest | jumble | jungles | knot | labyrinth | litter | mash | maze | meander | mesh | mess | mishmash | morass | muddle | national forest | palmetto barrens | park | park forest | perplex | pine barrens | primeval forest | protection forest | rain forest | ravel | reforestation | Rube Goldberg contraption | rummage | scramble | scrub | scrubland | selection forest | shrubland | silviculture | skein | snafu | snake pit | snarl | sprout forest | stand of timber | state forest | tangle | tangled skein | timber | timberland | tree veld | virgin forest | web | webwork | wheels within wheels | wilderness | wildwood | wood | woodland | woods See Also | camp | concrete jungle | forest | location | timber | timberland | woodland Jungle In Webster's Dictionary \Jun"gle\, n. [Hind. jangal desert, forest, jungle; Skr.
ja?gala desert.]
A dense growth of brushwood, grasses, reeds, vines, etc.; an
almost impenetrable thicket of trees, canes, and reedy
vegetation, as in India, Africa, Australia, and Brazil.
The jungles of India are of bamboos, canes, and other
palms, very difficult to penetrate. -- Balfour
(Cyc. of
India).
{Jungle bear} (Zo["o]l.), the aswail or sloth bear.
{Jungle cat} (Zo["o]l.), the chaus.
{Jungle cock} (Zo["o]l.), the male of a jungle fowl.
{Jungle fowl}. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Any wild species of the genus {Gallus}, of which several
species inhabit India and the adjacent islands; as, the
fork-tailed jungle fowl ({G. varius}) of Java, {G.
Stanleyi} of Ceylon, and {G. Bankiva} of India.
Note: The latter, which resembles the domestic gamecock, is
supposed to be one of the original species from which
the domestic fowl was derived.
(b) An Australian grallatorial bird ({Megapodius tumulus})
which is allied to the brush turkey, and, like the
latter, lays its eggs in mounds of vegetable matter,
where they are hatched by the heat produced by
decomposition.
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